Ayan Mondal pick of the month real life stories short stories Monday, November 3, 2025 The Way of the World by Ayan Mondal <i>In Mumbai, a child bakes cakes to help earn money while her father protests against the authorities who destroyed his shop.</i><br><br>"Ameena, get the cakes. It's seven already!" <br><br>"<i>Ji, Ammi</i>." <br><br>All yawny, Ameena dragged herself towards the basket in the corner. She opened the lid and stared at the contents curiously. Cakes, arranged in neat stacks, that had blossomed overnight under her… Read more Labels: Ayan Mondal pick of the month real life stories short stories 13 comments:
criminal stories Joseph Hirsch medium length stories Friday, October 31, 2025 Hanging Lights by Joseph Hirsch <i>Ex-con Arlo is hanging Christmas lights with his buddy Conant, but the job goes south when he is hired by a man he knew from prison.</i><br><br>Arlo sat in the driver's seat of the Santa's Helpers van, staring through the windshield. The window was rimed with frost mixed with hardened dirt, but there was still enough clear glass for him to see through it. Across the street stood a nativity scene fron… Read more Labels: criminal stories Joseph Hirsch medium length stories 11 comments:
creepy stories JS Apsley short stories Monday, October 27, 2025 The Glasgow Ghoul by JS Apsley <i>In 1990 Scotland, a murder at a carnival signals the return of the Glasgow Ghoul.</i><br><br>Any kid who grew up in Glasgow always knew the Christmas carnival as "The Shows". Every year, down at the Clydeside, the winter holidays carnival would come to town. For the kids, this was a hot-and-sticky, dangerous sort of freedom. You could go wild with your pals, spend as much money as your folks had be… Read more Labels: creepy stories JS Apsley short stories 4 comments:
medium length stories Natia Kirvalidze real life stories Friday, October 24, 2025 Two Worlds by Natia Kirvalidze <i>Anuka, now turning 30, comes to grips with her decision to stay in her homeland of Georgia after studying in the United States, and with the death of her friend Luka.</i><br><br>Anuka spent the first day of June searching for a grave in the wrong country. Telavi, Georgia, was boiling when she marked her 30th birthday, along with eight years and three days since Luka's death. In the wake of her receding h… Read more Labels: medium length stories Natia Kirvalidze real life stories 3 comments:
futuristic stories John Leahy medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated Monday, October 20, 2025 Do You Dream Of Oil? by John Leahy <i>Lance and his friend Kai attend a speed dating event in a world where humanity is undergoing a mysterious biological transformation.</i><br><br>The subway car smelled faintly of burnt plastic and overripe bananas. <br><br>That wasn't unusual. New York had been like that for at least six months - since the Change began accelerating. Officially, it was called <i>the Organic Transition</i>, a phrase that sounded like a Wh… Read more Labels: futuristic stories John Leahy medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated 13 comments:
